Approaches to Ancient Judaism: Without special title
Author : Jacob Neusner
Publisher : University of South Florida
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 26,79 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Author : Jacob Neusner
Publisher : University of South Florida
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 26,79 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Author : Michael E. Stone
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 30,86 MB
Release : 2011-03-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802866360
"In Ancient Judaism: New Visions and Views Michael Stone examines a broad range of basic issues in the study of Second Temple Judaism and calls for a radical rethinking of approaches to Jewish history. Stone challenges scholars and students to question theologically conditioned histories of ancient Judaism devised by later orthodoxies, whether Jewish or Christian, and to acknowledge religious experience as a major factor in the composition and transmission of ancient religious documents. He urges readers to look above and beyond the spectacles of tradition and cultural memory that too often distort their understanding of the ancient past. Addressing an assortment of topics regarding the authorship, transmission, and interpretation of the canonical Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, apocryphal and pseudepigraphic literature, and more, Stone's Ancient Judaism underscores the stunning complexity of both the raw data and the resulting picture of Judaism in antiquity."--Publisher description.
Author : Klaas Smelik
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 16,78 MB
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004258566
In this volume twelve contributions discuss the relevance, accuracy, potential, and possible alternatives to a literary reading of ancient Jewish writings, especially the Hebrew Bible. Drawing on different academic fields (biblical studies, rabbinic studies, and literary studies) and on various methodologies (literary criticism, rhetorical criticism, cognitive linguistics, historical criticism, and reception history), the essays form a state-of-the-art overview of the current use of the literary approach toward ancient Jewish texts. The volume convincingly shows that the latest approaches to a literary reading can still enhance our understanding of these texts.
Author : Judith Hauptman
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 26,81 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Mishnah
ISBN : 9783161487132
Judith Hauptman argues that the Tosefta, a collection dating from approximately the same time period as the Mishnah and authored by the same rabbis, is not later than the Mishnah, as its name suggests, but earlier. The Redactor of the Mishnah drew upon an old Mishnah and its associated supplement, the Tosefta, when composing his work. He reshaped, reorganized and abbreviated these materials in order to make them accord with his own legislative outlook. It is possible to compare the earlier and the later texts and to determine, case by case, the agenda of the Redactor. According to the author's theory it is also possible to trace the evolution of Jewish law, practice, and ideas. When the Mishnah is seen as later than the Tosefta, it becomes clear that the Redactor inserted numerous mnemonic devices into his work to assist in transmission. The synoptic gospels may have undergone a similar kind of editing.
Author : Irving M. Zeitlin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 47,68 MB
Release : 2013-07-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0745669255
This book is a major contribution to the sociology of religion and to religious and biblical studies. Beginning from the classic work of Max Weber, the author analyses the origins of Judaism in the light of more recent scholarship. The result is a work that will become a standard point of reference in its field, and will be of great interest to the general reader as well as the specialist.
Author : Max Weber
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 44,88 MB
Release : 2010-05-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 143911918X
Weber’s classic study which deals specifically with: Types of Asceticism and the Significance of Ancient Judaism, History and Social Organization of Ancient Palestine, Political Organization and Religious Ideas in the Time of the Confederacy and the Early Kings, Political Decline, Religious Conflict and Biblical Prophecy.
Author : Jacob Neusner
Publisher : University of South Florida
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 14,91 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Author : Annette Yoshiko Reed
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 30,45 MB
Release : 2020-01-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 052111943X
A new explanation of the beginnings of Jewish angelology and demonology, drawing on non-canonical writings and Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls.
Author : William Scott Green
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 37,29 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Jewish studies
ISBN :
Author : Jonathan Klawans
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 30,14 MB
Release : 2012-11-08
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 0199928614
Though considered one of the most important informants about Judaism in the first century CE, the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus's testimony is often overlooked or downplayed. Jonathan Klawans's Josephus and the Theologies of Ancient Judaism reexamines Josephus's descriptions of sectarian disagreements concerning determinism and free will, the afterlife, and scriptural authority. In each case, Josephus's testimony is analyzed in light of his works' general concerns as well as relevant biblical, rabbinic, and Dead Sea texts. Many scholars today argue that ancient Jewish sectarian disputes revolved primarily or even exclusively around matters of ritual law, such as calendar, cultic practices, or priestly succession. Josephus, however, indicates that the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes disagreed about matters of theology, such as afterlife and determinism. Similarly, many scholars today argue that ancient Judaism was thrust into a theological crisis in the wake of the destruction of the second temple in 70 CE, yet Josephus's works indicate that Jews were readily able to make sense of the catastrophe in light of biblical precedents and contemporary beliefs. Without denying the importance of Jewish law-and recognizing Josephus's embellishments and exaggerations-Josephus and the Theologies of Ancient Judaism calls for a renewed focus on Josephus's testimony, and models an approach to ancient Judaism that gives theological questions a deserved place alongside matters of legal concern. Ancient Jewish theology was indeed significant, diverse, and sufficiently robust to respond to the crisis of its day.